Fort Sumter National
Monument
The Civil War began
when the Confederate Army under General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
attacked this Charleston, South Carolina fort on April 12, 1861. The
fort's commander, Union Major Robert Anderson, surrendered on April
14.
Fort Sumter National Monument was established by the National Park System
on April 28, 1948.
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Fort
Sumter
Named for Thomas Sumter, "The Game Cock," the fort
was built between 1830 and 1860. |
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